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The Bugatti EB110 was introduced with a quad-turbocharged 3.5-liter V12 engine and 553 hp. Photo by iamthenewone via Reddit

Unicorn in the wild: Bugatti EB110 is car spotting at its best

Even today, the EB110 is still a feat in supercar engineering

December 21, 2016

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Thanks to the proliferation of smartphones to the masses and car enthusiasts alike, capturing an automotive unicorn in the wild has never been easier. Rarely does a cool car go unnoticed anymore -- like this rare (1 of 139) Bugatti EB110 snapped by Redditor iamthenewone. Assuming it's still original, power is provided by a quad-turbo 3.5-liter V12 engine, and those 12 cylinders of fury are only the beginning of the engineering insanity that is the EB110.

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Bugatti decided it was best to feed each cylinder with its own throttle body -- yup, there are 12 in total. Each of the 12 cylinders sports five valves for a total of 60. The result was 553 hp sent through a proper six-speed manual transmission to all four wheels. Yes, you can get that out of a Mustang GT today, but back in 1991, it was an astronomical amount of power.

While the fate of the car enthusiast might be teetering as technology, autonomous cars and new Snapchat filters take over our collective consciousness, the coming techno revolution is not all bad. It has the power to remind us of the amazing cars of decades past, cars that hopefully will lure in a new generation of gearheads.